Job Role
Are you passionate about helping people overcome barriers and build a brighter future through work? Do you want a role where you can make a real and lasting difference in your local community? If so, this could be the opportunity for you.
We’re recruiting an Employment Specialist to join our dedicated Connect to Work team, delivering a specialist programme designed to support individuals with disabilities and/or health conditions into sustainable, meaningful paid employment.
In this rewarding role, you will work closely with participants who have health‑related support needs, helping them identify realistic employment goals and guiding them every step of the way into work. Using a person‑centred approach, you’ll provide tailored advice, practical guidance and ongoing encouragement to enable long‑term success.
You’ll also play a key part in building and maintaining strong relationships with referral partners and local employers, matching participants to suitable opportunities and advocating on their behalf. Your ability to understand individual needs and engage positively with stakeholders will be central to achieving successful outcomes.
To succeed in this role, you’ll have experience supporting individuals with multiple and complex needs, particularly those with learning disabilities. You’ll also be comfortable working in a target‑driven environment, with a proven ability to deliver services that consistently meet contractual and quality standards.
Above all, you’ll be driven by the belief that everyone deserves access to opportunity, and you’ll be proud to help our communities build back better, ensuring no one is left behind.
Responsibilities
* Meet, and strive to exceed personal performance targets, key performance indicators and all quality and compliance measures.
* Progressively manage a caseload of referred customers with a disability and/or health support needs using a variety of appropriate strategies to help them overcome barriers to gaining employment.
* Apply learning disability and health support needs awareness and continue self‑development/knowledge to provide specialist support to the customer group.
* Undertake in‑depth assessments using a suite of tools to fully understand a customer’s circumstances, preferences and holistic barriers to progression to employment.
* Achieve the customer service and quality standards required on the programme.
* Use an integration framework of local specialist services to obtain support to address specific issues (e.g. substance misuse, anger management, debt advice, health and vocational training).
* Use social prescribing to develop and improve customer circumstances (e.g. healthy eating classes, smoking cessation and social groups).
* Work with multiple agencies to develop holistic approaches to support customers. With customer consent undertake case conferences with external agencies to jointly optimise support packages.
* Undertake direct marketing to employers using digital and electronic formats e.g. email, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
* Identify the specific recruitment needs of each employer and undertake tailored pre‑screens and group assessments.
* Co‑produce effective in‑work support plans with participants and employers, based on an assessment of need, providing practical support to ensure a smooth transition into work. When appropriate facilitate job carving opportunities.
* Be mindful of health and safety within the customer’s workplace and actively promote and report (if appropriate) to ensure a safe working environment for all customers.
* Develop an understanding of specialist signposting services in the local area/region, building knowledge in areas such as specific disabilities, housing and benefits.
* Maintain IT files and customer records to the required compliance and quality standards.
* Work from local hubs and community outreach locations (sometimes alongside other services such as housing, health and primary care centres) to increase service accessibility.
Benefits
* £30,000 to £32,000 p.a. (dependent on experience)
* 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Birthday Day off (with the opportunity to buy additional days)
* Company Pension Scheme – 5% Employee, 5% Employer
* Employer‑paid healthcare cash plan, including 3× salary life assurance
* Annual pay review
* Enhanced maternity/adoption and paternity pay arrangements
* Free access to BenefitHub – an online portal with access to a wide range of retail discounts, life assurance, cycle‑to‑work scheme, tax‑saver commuter tickets
* Refer a friend scheme
Location & Hours
Location: Dereham
Hours: 18.5 hours a week.
Closing Date: 12 May 2026
Skills and Experience
* Experience of working with people with multiple and complex needs in particular those with learning disabilities.
* Fully IT‑literate in using a range of Microsoft Office programmes, including Office 365 and modern digital technologies such as Microsoft Teams.
* Experience of working in a target‑driven environment.
* Experience of delivering services to meet contractual and quality standards.
* Knowledge of the employability industry and/or the recruitment industry.
* Understanding of supported employment opportunities and associated frameworks (IPS/SEQF).
* Experience of working in an advice‑and‑guidance environment.
* Full driving licence to enable deployment across a specified geographical area (region), when required.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Seetec is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
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